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I think Hladky would be a good back up keeper. You would expect he wouldn’t cost much in terms of a fee or wages. His ball-playing stats are outstanding. 

Great news. He was unfairly judged at times by fans who expected perfection but ultimately he is a player who is a cut above what we have technically and I think we should set the team up to make best use of his abilities. 

The released players are as expected. I say it every summer but I think we need to learn from mistakes and prioritise quality. Every season we spread our wage budget thin when what we need are big players, Hagi being a good example.

12 hours ago, les186 said:

That blames the manager and the coaching team. SG definitely pushed to sign Ryan Kent who has not lived up to expectations.

Those expectations were never warranted so the buck still stops with the manager there. 

Yeh I don’t get the heavy criticism of Tavernier. He created the best chance of the game for us and got the assist with a very good corner. But more importantly I just thought he was involved in good passages of play in that second half when we picked it up. At the very least I don’t think he should be singled out. 

10 minutes ago, der Berliner said:

That was as dire a show from our midfield as we had this year

I actually thought Kamara did well in spells and was one of the better performers when we came back into it. 

1 minute ago, Franc Ergs said:

You've never really hidden the fact that just not a fan of Kent  ?.

The surprise was mainly due to the fact he was 1 of only 3 players picked out for praise

1 minute ago, Bill said:

Did you really?

No need for the cheek

1 minute ago, Bill said:

Because I think he deserved it for his application, his positivity, for not giving up. Not everything came off but his job is to create and he did that on several occasions. All you’ve done is badmouth one of our few players who actually tried tonight. 

That’s not all I’ve done at all. 

6 minutes ago, Bill said:

Fair result. Pass marks for Kamberi, Hagi, Kent. Deep negatives for Davis, Aribo,  Morelos. The rest merely ineffective. Season over, some highs, too many lows. Too many quitters, not enough warriors. Let’s hope we all survive to see a better Rangers next season. 

I also thought Morelos showed desire and did well in spells in dropping deep and switching the play. He should have done better at times but he had very little supply and I thought he was part of the reason we came back into it. 

5 minutes ago, Bill said:

Fair result. Pass marks for Kamberi, Hagi, Kent. Deep negatives for Davis, Aribo,  Morelos. The rest merely ineffective. Season over, some highs, too many lows. Too many quitters, not enough warriors. Let’s hope we all survive to see a better Rangers next season. 

How does Kent get a pass mark? ?

Just now, ian1964 said:

Hindsight is a wonderful thing! I don't see why it is a mistake! none of the players have been playing well so the manager picks the team he thinks can win the match!.

It’s just my opinion. I think he’s twice the player Kent is and showed it when he came on. 

2 minutes ago, ian1964 said:

I don't think many fans really believed we would win this match/tie! different class of quality are Leverkusen

I certainly didn’t. It’s still been frustrating to watch at times. Really poor in the final third. On the other hand it was good to see a fight put up for a long spells of the second half and  three or four good performances. 

Hagi has been excellent. it was a mistake not to start him, he brings so much quality to the side. 

I thought Polster was poor there tbh. He left the man in far too much space. 

Tie over

So frustrating to see the lack of quality when we get in a decent position

To his credit Kent has done well to win a free kick there. Excellent play from Hagi though playing him in. We missed his quality through balls. 

That was bizarre. A free header 6 yards out. Great delivery from Tav. 

YESS

How is Kent still on the pitch

We’ve lost our momentum. Morelos to his credit looks very hungry and is doing well. 

Just now, Uilleam said:

Not actually what I said.  

That’s how it read, you said it was the only way they were going to score